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(No Model.)

G. S. SMITH.

- BOLT.

No. 437,054. Patented Sept. 2.3, 1890.

- gvwowtoz UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GILES s. SMITH, or BALLWIN, MISSOURI.

BOLT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 437,054, datedSeptember 23, 1890.

Application filed a, 17, 1890. Serial No. 352,207. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GILES S. SMITH, of Ballwin, in the county of St.Louis and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Fastenings for Doors or Gates, of which the following isa full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention has for its object to provide a novel and simplifiedconstruction in a device for securing doors and gates; and it consistsin the novel combination and arrangement of parts, as will behereinafter more fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of my complete inventionas appliedto more fully show the arrangement of parts. Fig. 2 is asection taken on line 00a: of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of oneof the doors partly broken away, the center lock and latch used inconnection therewith applied thereto. Fig. 4: is a perspective view ofthe upper keeper used in connection with the upper vertical bolt, andFig. 5 is a perspective View of the lower keeper.

Referring to the drawings, 1 1 represents two hinged doors having myinvention ap plied thereto in a locked position. 1

2 represents a vertical bolt secured to the upper part of one of thedoors 1 and provided with a handle 5, formed integral therewith.

3 represents a second vertical bolt secured to the lower part of thesame door to which bolt 2 is carried and provided with a handle formedtherewith in like manner in reference to bolt 2.

The bolts 2 and 3 are securely fastened to the door by means of clips orstaples at, by which means the said bolts are allowed to turn, and,further, to be raised or lowered, as may be desired.

7 represents a keeper having two arms (1 d, the ends of which are bentto form circles e, within which space screws or bolts 8 are inserted andfastened to the door, securing said keeper firmly in position.

When the bolt 2 is in a locked position, as shown in Fig. 1, the handle5 will rest upon the upper arm (1 of the keeper 7, and when unlocked thesaid bolt will rest upon the lower arm of the said keeper.

9 represents the lower keeper used in connection with the vertical bolt3. This keeper consists of a right-angle piece of metal, the

horizontal leaf a of which forms a stop andprevents the bolt 3 frombeing dislocated when in an unlocked position.

10 represents a continuation of the angular keeper 9, having an arm b,which is parallel with the leaf a, and acts to hold the bolt in anelevated position when withdrawn, and also holds the said bolt in alocked position when the handle 6 is turned, as shown in Fig. 1.

12 represents a horizontal bolt fastened to the opposite door 1 by meansof clips 13, which bolt passes in a hole 16 in the edge of the oppositedoor when in alocked position.

The horizontal bolt 12 is sufficiently bent, as shown at 1 1, to form ahand-hold on the inside of the door, and is then bent at right anglewith the handle 14 and passed through a slot 15, formed in the door, theend of which bolt terminates in a second handle 17 on the opposite sideof the door. By this means the bolt 12 can be operated from either sideof the door and the door carrying the said bolt opened and usedindependent of the opposite door.

To the outside of the door carrying the horizontal bolt 12 is secured alatch 18, fastened thereto by means of a bolt f, which latch has aprojecting arm 0 extending in direction with the bolt, and which restsupon that portion of the bolt extending through the slot 15 and holdsthe said bolt in a locked position, as best shown in Fig. 2.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that this invention isparticularly applicable to outbuildings where single and double doorsare used, dispensing with the usual pole or post so commonly used forsuch purposes. It is further to be noted that the door carrying thehorizontal bolt can be opened independent of the other door and fromeither side thereof, which is very desirable and convenient, as it isnot necessary always to open both doors.

This invention can also be used successfully as a gate-lock bydispensing with the upper vertical bolt.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim is-- 1. A bolt forsecuring doors or gates, consisting of a horizontal bolt 12, havinghandles 14 and 17 formed integral therewith, the handle portion of whichbolt passes through aslot formed in the door and adapted to be operatedfrom either side of the door, substantially as described.

2. In a device for securing doors or gates, the horizontal bolt 12, thehandle portion of which passes through the slot 15 in the door and isprovided with the handles 14 and 17, in combination with the latch 18for retaining the said bolt in a locked position, substantially asdescribed.

3. In a device for securing doors or gates,

the keeper 7, having two arms (I (I, the ends of which are bent toreceive the screws 8, in combination with the vertical bolt 2,substantially as described.

4. In a device for securing doors or gates, the keeper 9, having thehorizontal leaf a, and the lower extension 10, having an arm I), incombination with the vertical bolt 8, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

GILES S. SMITH.

YVitnesses:

D. C. TAYLOR, N10 SCHUMACHER.

